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January
2002

1.31.02>>Chris Gorne
to leave Panoz Motorsports. As of today, Chris Gorne is no longer
with Panoz Motorsports. Chris had been with Panoz for four years
as David Brabham's Race Engineer and had recently been involved with the
design of the 2002 Panoz challenger as Project Manager. Chris leaves
Panoz and joins Cadillac.

1.30.02>>Bentley to
field one chassis at Le Mans 2002, to start season off with Sebring,
and possibly end season at Petit Le Mans. Bentley confirmed that
their new engine will be a direct injection, turbo-charged, 4.0 liter V8
and will be available for testing starting this March. The new power
plant will be "developed in close cooperation with Audi". It is safe
to assume it will share much of the technological ideology, if not hardware,
that went into the Le Mans winning 2001 Audi 3.6 liter V8. The new
4.0 liter V8 will spear head Bentley's 2003 Le Mans effort.

1.21.02>>Jean-Luc
at Norma wanted everyone to see their updated chassis, the Norma M 2000-02:

1.18.02>>Daily
Sportscar has come across an image of the Multimatic Panoz Mugen installation:

1.14.02>>Finally
some news about the 2002 Cadillac LMP. the car finally had its
shakedown at Roebling Road. Look for the official unveiling this
week some time from Sebring.

1.13.02>>Update
to the Downing/Le
Mans story from December. According to Daily Sportscar, Gerard
Welter of WR fame has been contracted by Yojiro Terada to construct a Mazda
rotary engined WR chassis. After the OK from the ACO, the car is
to be shipped to Jim Downing's shop in Atlanta for preparation for the
Sebring 12 Hour in March. Terada also intends to enter the car for
Le Mans.

>>Feeling
their MkIIIC too slow, Robinson's group has gone a different direction
than the Mathews factory R&S. The front end air management has
been radically altered. It is yet to be seen the effects on top speed.
The Test Days will show this out, good or bad. Image courtesy
of Daily Sportscar.

1.3.02>>New Lotus
LMGTP entry? Klaus from Autohaus
Altschach says yes. They are modifying an Lotus Elise GT1 car
to fit the LMGTP regulations. Should have some additional photos
up today.